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Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone

★ 7.0/10•1964•1h 0m•TV-PG•Action & Adventure•Western
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Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on NBC for 165 episodes, and was made by 20th Century Fox Television. Ed Ames co-starred as Mingo, Boone's Cherokee friend, for the first four seasons of the series. Albert Salmi portrayed Boone's companion Yadkin in season one only. Dallas McKennon portrayed innkeeper Cincinnatus. Country Western singer-actor Jimmy Dean was a featured actor as Josh Clements during the 1968–1970 seasons. Actor and former NFL football player Rosey Grier made regular appearances as Gabe Cooper in the 1969 to 1970 season. The show was broadcast "in living color" beginning in fall 1965, the second season, and was shot entirely in California and Kanab, Utah.

StatusEnded
Runtime1h 0m
LanguageEN
First Air DateSep 24, 1964

Episodes

Episode 1 - Ken-Tuck-EE160m

Ken-Tuck-E

George Washington sends Daniel and Yadkin into Ken-Tuck-E, the dark and bloody hunting ground of four Indian nations, to find a site for a fort.

Sep 24, 1964

Episode 2 - Tekawitha McLeodE260m

Tekawitha McLeod

A dance at Fort Boonesborough is interrupted by Flathead Joseph, a halfbreed slave trader. He has a young Indian girl with him whom he claims is a Cherokee Princess...and a white girl. Her name is Tekawitha McLeod and she is the daughter of the Cherokee Chief Menewa. When Daniel confronts Menewa about this he admits she is white and taken from a raiding party but he wants her back. Daniel refuses when he realizes he knew her family. The Indians are determined to fight to get her back and the settlers of Boonesborough are just as determined to fight to keep her.

Oct 1, 1964

Episode 3 - My Brother's KeeperE360m

My Brother's Keeper

Mingo, wanted DEAD! Daniel Boone must capture his friend Mingo and bring him to justice before all Kentucky erupts in war. Daniel's friend Yadkin is a trusted friend to all in Booneborough and among the Cherokee. Yadkin had canoed up river and while meeting with a Cherokee trading party when they were ambushed by a Creek war party. Yadkin was found floating down river by Daniel's son Israel. With Cincinnatus removing the slug(bullet) and Rebecca Boone nursing him, he began to pull through....

Oct 8, 1964

Episode 4 - The Family FluellenE460m

The Family Fluellen

Boone invites a widow and her hungry brood to town, but one of the children steals a telescope.

Oct 22, 1964

Episode 5 - The ChoosingE560m

The Choosing

British soldiers and Indians surround Jemima as she tries to help Boone, wounded in the wilderness.

Oct 29, 1964

Episode 6 - Lac DuquesneE660m

Lac Duquesne

Boone chases a river pirate who plans to sell a load of stolen arms to Shawnees.

Nov 5, 1964

Episode 7 - The Sound of WingsE760m

The Sound of Wings

A British officer captures Boone then impersonates him to win Indian allies.

Nov 12, 1964

Episode 8 - A Short Walk to SalemE860m

A Short Walk to Salem

Israel becomes lost in the woods after fur thieves ambush him, Boone and Yadkin.

Nov 19, 1964

Episode 9 - The Sisters O'HannrahanE960m

The Sisters O'Hannrahan

Yadkin's trickery leaves Boone the unexpected, and unwilling, owner of indentured Irish sisters.

Dec 3, 1964

Episode 10 - PompeyE1060m

Pompey

A bondsman insists on returning a runaway slave unshackled by Boone.

Dec 10, 1964

Episode 11 - Mountain of the DeadE1160m

Mountain of the Dead

A dream about a man whom Daniel thought was dead is followed by the appearance of three men at his door demanding that he take them to the site of a bloody Native American massacre.

Dec 17, 1964

Episode 12 - Not in Our StarsE1260m

Not in Our Stars

Mingo plans to do more than protest a new treaty when he and Boone visit Virginia's governor general.

Dec 31, 1964

Episode 13 - The HostagesE1360m

The Hostages

Rumors circulate that the British are employing Indians to fight for them. Daniel becomes personally involved when he gets word his wife Rebecca has been taken by an Indian raiding party.

Jan 7, 1965

Episode 14 - The ReturningE1460m

The Returning

Boone cannot believe a boyhood friend murdered two Cherokee youths.

Jan 14, 1965

Episode 15 - The ProphetE1560m

The Prophet

A Shawnee prophet predicts massacre for the settlers of Boonesborough.

Jan 21, 1965

Episode 16 - The First StoneE1660m

The First Stone

Boone befriends a mother and son, but learns the woman is accused of witchcraft.

Jan 28, 1965

Episode 17 - A Place of 1000 SpiritsE1760m

A Place of 1000 Spirits

While hunting, the Boones meet a delirious British officer pursued by vengeful Shawnees.

Feb 4, 1965

Episode 18 - The Sound of FearE1860m

The Sound of Fear

A condemned bounty hunter who escaped from a military convoy takes the Boones hostage.

Feb 11, 1965

Episode 19 - The Price of FriendshipE1960m

The Price of Friendship

Boone assists a boy and winds up at the mercy of a larcenous clan.

Feb 18, 1965

Episode 20 - The QuietistsE2060m

The Quietists

A Quaker family refuses to fight until Indians kidnap a daughter.

Feb 25, 1965

Episode 21 - The Devil's FourE2160m

The Devil's Four

Boone commands four criminals recruited by Yadkin to haul frieght to Boonesborough.

Mar 4, 1965

Episode 22 - The ReunionE2260m

The Reunion

While out hunting, Daniel and Cincinnatus come upon Timothy who is looking for his abandonded daughter Becky.

Mar 11, 1965

Episode 23 - The Ben Franklin EncounterE2360m

The Ben Franklin Encounter

Boone and Mingo travel East and get caught up in a confrontation between Benjamin Franklin and British Admiral Lord Clydesdale, who threatens to hang them all for treason.

Mar 18, 1965

Episode 24 - Four-Leaf CloverE2460m

Four-Leaf Clover

An idealistic schoolteacher incites Boonesborough's wrath by giving gunpowder to the Shawnees.

Mar 25, 1965

Episode 25 - Cain's Birthday (1)E2560m

Cain's Birthday (1)

Boone seems guilty of betrayal when he allows Choctaws to capture the town's men

Apr 1, 1965

Episode 26 - Cain's Birthday (2)E2660m

Cain's Birthday (2)

Lacking water and powder, the women and children of Boonesborough seem easy prey for attacking Choctaws.

Apr 8, 1965

Episode 27 - Daughter of the DevilE2760m

Daughter of the Devil

A man is found dead by a group of travelers, one of them hears a strange noise and believes it to be the Devil in the form of a black panther. Daniel and Mingo believe a far more mundane explanation is at hand, and investigate to prove their point.

Apr 15, 1965

Episode 28 - Doll of SorrowE2860m

Doll of Sorrow

Israel accidentally startles a passing peddler's horse and his goods are ruined. Daniel agrees to compensate him for his loss but matters are complicated when he steals a grieving Indian women's mourning doll.

Apr 22, 1965

Episode 29 - The Courtship of Jericho JonesE2960m

The Courtship of Jericho Jones

Jericho and Sumah, the daughter of the Indian chief, want to marry. Daniel proposes a trial engagement. For a month Jericho will live with the Indians and Sumah will live with Boone's family and see if each can adapt to the other culture.

Apr 29, 1965

Actors

Fess Parker

Fess Parker

Daniel Boone

Ed Ames

Ed Ames

Mingo

Patricia Blair

Patricia Blair

Rebecca Boone

Darby Hinton

Darby Hinton

Israel Boone

Dal McKennon

Dal McKennon

Cincinnatus

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